BEVERLY HILLS, calif. — Shut out all night at the Golden Globes, the historical drama "12 Years a Slave" won the night's top honor, best film drama, while the con-artist caper "American Hustle" landed a leading three awards, including best film comedy.

David O. Russell's "American Hustle" had the better night overall, winning acting awards for Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence. Best picture was the only award for "12 Years a Slave," which came in with seven nominations, tied for the most with "American Hustle."

The award returned Lawrence, a winner last year for Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook," to the stage for an acceptance speech — something she said was no easier a year later. "Don't ever do this again," she told herself. "It's so scary."

Jennifer Lawrence accepts the award for best supporting actress in a motion picture for her role in "American Hustle," as presenters Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks look on. "American Hustle" also won for best film and actress. (Provided by NBCMore coverage of the Golden Globes denverpost.com/entertainment)

Awards were otherwise spread around.

Matthew McConaughey took best actor in a drama for his performance in the Texas HIV drama "Dallas Buyers Club." Leonardo DiCaprio, a nine-time Golden Globe nominee, won his second Globe for best actor in a comedy for his work in "The Wolf of Wall Street."

Alfonso Cuaron won best director for the space odyssey "Gravity," a worldwide hit and critical favorite.

The night's biggest winners might have been hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, whose second time hosting the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Beverly Hills, Calif., ceremony was just as successful as last year's show. Fey concluded the night by toasting the awards as "the beautiful mess we hoped it would be."

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They picked up where they left off, starting the show with a torrent of punch lines that lambasted Matt Damon, Meryl Streep and, naturally, George Clooney. The audience roared most of all when Fey described "Gravity," which co-stars Clooney.

"George Clooney would rather float away in space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age," Fey said.

Many of the night's surprise winners were literally caught speechless. Andy Samberg (best actor in a comedy series, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"), Elisabeth Moss (winner of best actress, miniseries or movie, for "Top of the Lake"), Robin Wright (best actress in a TV series, drama) and even Poehler, herself (best actress in a TV series, comedy), appeared particularly shocked to win and each stumbled through their thank you's. Poehler celebrated by making out with Bono.

Spike Jonze was also blindsided by his best screenplay win for his futuristic romance "Her."

"I'm a terrible public speaker," said Jonze. "And I'm bad at English. And it's the only language I know."

Four months after its final episode, AMC's "Breaking Bad" won for best drama TV series and best actor in a drama series for Bryan Cranston, both their first Globes. Cranston called his honor "a lovely way to say goodbye." Creator Vince Gilligan said the award gave him "one more chance to thank the fans of the show."

As expected, the Emmy-winning HBO film "Behind the Candelabra," the acclaimed Liberace drama directed by Steven Soderbergh, won for best movie or miniseries, as well as best actor in a TV film for Michael Douglas. He thanked his co-star Matt Damon, who curiously became a kind of mascot throughout the evening. (Poehler said in such a starry crowd, Damon was "basically a garbage person.")

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